Adrien Brody
Actor | Producer
Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the camera. Adrien attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in New York.
Filmography - Acting
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Bullet Head (2017)
As: Stacy
A group of career criminals finds itself trapped in a warehouse with the law – and an Attack Dog named DeNiro closing in.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Paul Solet
Stars: Adrien Brody | John Malkovich | Antonio Banderas | Rory Culkin | Ori Pfeffer
Manhattan Nocturne (2016)
As: Porter Wren
Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Brian DeCubellis
Stars: Yvonne Strahovski | Steven Berkoff | Adrien Brody | Jennifer Beals | Campbell Scott
Septembers of Shiraz (2015)
As: Isaac
In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Wayne Blair
Stars: Adrien Brody | Salma Hayek | Bashar Rahal | Gabriella Wright | Shohreh Aghdashloo
Backtrack (2015)
As: Peter Bower
Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Michael Petroni
Stars: Bruce Spence | Adrien Brody | Jenni Baird | Sam Neill | Robin McLeavy
The Mascot (2015)
As: Adam
“The Mascot”, tells the story of an out of work mascot’s spiraling identity crisis.
Runtime: 9 min.
Directed by: Mark Middlewick
Stars: Michael Badalucco | Adrien Brody | John F. Beach
The Library Book (2015)
As: Desmond
A stranger returns an overdue book to his home library.
Runtime: 8 min.
Directed by: Travis Calvert
Stars: Adrien Brody | Cheryl Texiera | Bjørn Alexander | Nina Rausch
Boredom (2015)
As: Danny
The story of Danny, a 40-year-old man who is unwilling or unable to grow up.
Runtime: 12 min.
Directed by: Stephan Tempier
Stars: Bob Rumnock | Richard Riehle | Adrien Brody | Jill Jacobson
Dragon Blade (2015)
As: Tiberius
Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The heroic duo meet in the Western Desert and a thrilling story unfolds.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Daniel Lee
Stars: Adrien Brody | John Cusack | Sharni Vinson | Jackie Chan | Benny Urquidez
American Heist (2014)
As: Frankie
Two brothers, both with troubled paths, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Sarik Andreasyan
Stars: Adrien Brody | Hayden Christensen | Jordana Brewster | Laura Cayouette | Akon
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
As: Dmitri Desgoffe-und-Taxis
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Mathieu Amalric | Adrien Brody | F. Murray Abraham | Tony Revolori
Third Person (2013)
As: Sean
An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Stars: Adrien Brody | James Franco | Olivia Wilde | Liam Neeson | Mila Kunis
InAPPropriate Comedy (2013)
As: Filthy Harry
A no-nonsense cop has a flair for fashion and a celebrity takes revenge on the paparazzi in a collection of comedic sketches.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Vince Offer
Stars: Michelle Rodriguez | Lindsay Lohan | Adrien Brody | Rob Schneider | Ari Shaffir
Back to 1942 (2012)
As: Theodore Harold White
In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.
Runtime: 145 min.
Directed by: Feng Xiaogang
Stars: Tim Robbins | Adrien Brody | Alec Su | Xu Fan | Chen Dao-Ming
Love, Marilyn (2012)
As: Himself
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Liz Garbus
Stars: Lindsay Lohan | Uma Thurman | Evan Rachel Wood | Elizabeth Banks | Ben Foster
Midnight in Paris (2011)
As: Salvador Dalí
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Owen Wilson | Rachel McAdams | Michael Sheen | Kurt Fuller | Mimi Kennedy
Detachment (2011)
As: Henry Barthes
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Tony Kaye
Stars: Lucy Liu | Adrien Brody | James Caan | Marcia Gay Harden | Christina Hendricks
Wrecked (2011)
As: Man
A man awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can't remember who he is or how he got there, but a report over the radio fills in some of the blanks, as it describes a violent bank robbery and names a perpetrator who happens to be sitting dead in the back seat.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Michael Greenspan
Stars: Adrian Holmes | Adrien Brody | Caroline Dhavernas | Ryan Robbins | Adrian G. Griffiths
The Experiment (2010)
As: Travis
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Paul Scheuring
Stars: Forest Whitaker | Adrien Brody | Cam Gigandet | Maggie Grace | Clifton Collins Jr.
Predators (2010)
As: Royce
A mercenary reluctantly leads a motley crew of warriors who soon come to realize they've been captured and deposited on an alien planet by an unknown nemesis. With the exception of a peculiar physician, they are all cold-blooded killers, convicts, death squad members... hunters who have now become the hunted.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Nimród Antal
Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Danny Trejo | Adrien Brody | Topher Grace | Alice Braga
High School (2010)
As: Psycho Ed
A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: John Stalberg, Jr.
Stars: Matt Bush | Adrien Brody | Michael Chiklis | Sean Marquette | Colin Hanks
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
As: Field Mouse (voice)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Stars: Willem Dafoe | George Clooney | Bill Murray | Jason Schwartzman | Meryl Streep
Giallo (2009)
As: Inspector Enzo Avolfi
In Torino, Celine, an American model, is abducted by a taxi driver while en route home to meet her sister Linda, visiting at her apartment. The next morning, Linda reports that Celine is missing - the sergeant in charge directs her to F.B.I. agent Inspector Enzo Avolfi. He's from the Special New York City Department investigating a serial-killer that kidnaps foreigners to destroy their beauty. When a ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Dario Argento
Stars: Robert Miano | Elsa Pataky | Adrien Brody | Emmanuelle Seigner | Valentina Izumi
Splice (2009)
As: Clive
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Vincenzo Natali
Stars: Adrien Brody | Abigail Chu | David Hewlett | Sarah Polley | Delphine Chanéac
Cadillac Records (2008)
As: Leonard Chess
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Darnell Martin
Stars: Adrien Brody | Columbus Short | Beyoncé Knowles | Jeffrey Wright | Gabrielle Union
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
As: Bloom
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Stars: Rinko Kikuchi | Adrien Brody | Mark Ruffalo | Rachel Weisz | Robbie Coltrane
A Matador's Mistress (2008)
As: Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete"
Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's affair with a left-wing actress.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Menno Meyjes
Stars: Adrien Brody | Penélope Cruz | Santiago Segura | Juan Echanove | Nacho Aldeguer
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
As: Peter
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Stars: Owen Wilson | Bill Murray | Adrien Brody | Jason Schwartzman | Anjelica Huston
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (2006)
As: Himself
Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense project from start to finish. It turns out that this one film may actually be a larger task to complete than all 3 of the Lord of the Rings films together.
Runtime: 187 min.
Directed by: Michael Pellerin
Stars: Peter Jackson | Naomi Watts | Richard Taylor | Alan Lee | Philippa Boyens
Hollywoodland (2006)
As: Louis Simo
The complicated life and controversial suicide of George Reeves is investigated by a fictional private detective who finds that there are reasons to suspect that Reeves may not have killed himself after all. The detective also finds that there is a little of George Reeves in himself, and maybe, each of us.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Allen Coulter
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Lois Smith | Adrien Brody | Diane Lane | Ben Affleck
King Kong (2005)
As: Jack Driscoll
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Runtime: 187 min.
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Stars: Adrien Brody | Naomi Watts | Thomas Kretschmann | Jack Black | Colin Hanks
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005)
As: Himself
Academy Award - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you behind the scenes of his latest movie to witness the birth of King Kong.
Runtime: 232 min.
Directed by: Michael Pellerin
Stars: Peter Jackson | Andy Serkis | Adrien Brody | Naomi Watts | Jack Black
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May (2005)
Some of the most amazing cars ever built race across Spain and head south into Africa in the 6th Annual Gumball 3000 Rally. This film captures the 2004 race, which featured Ferrari Enzos, Hummers, Caterhams, Aston Martins and other rare autos driven by an eccentric mix of skateboard pros, supermodels, Saudi royals and billionaires. The thrills abound as racers evade the law to be the first to cross the ...
Runtime: 69 min.
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Stars: Adrien Brody | Burt Reynolds | Maximillion Cooper | Alexander Roy
The Jacket (2005)
As: Jack Starks
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: John Maybury
Stars: Keira Knightley | Kelly Lynch | Adrien Brody | Kris Kristofferson | Jennifer Jason Leigh
The Village (2004)
As: Noah Percy
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix | Adrien Brody | William Hurt | Bryce Dallas Howard | Sigourney Weaver
The Singing Detective (2003)
As: First Hood
From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Keith Gordon
Stars: Mel Gibson | Robin Wright | Katie Holmes | Jeremy Northam | Robert Downey Jr.
Love the Hard Way (2003)
As: Jack Grace
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity. Apart from his artistic activities, Jack has a regular scam going, ripping off foreign businessmen with his loyal mate Charlie and two actresses. But his tough guy exterior conceals a ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Peter Sehr
Stars: Adrien Brody | August Diehl | Jon Seda | Pam Grier | Charlotte Ayanna
The Pianist (2002)
As: Wladyslaw Szpilman
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Roman Polański
Stars: Adrien Brody | Emilia Fox | Thomas Kretschmann | Frank Finlay | Maureen Lipman
Dummy (2002)
As: Steven Schoichet
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Greg Pritikin
Stars: Adrien Brody | Milla Jovovich | Vera Farmiga | Illeana Douglas | Jessica Walter
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
As: Count Nicolas De La Motte
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Charles Shyer
Stars: Simon Baker | Hilary Swank | Christopher Walken | Jonathan Pryce | Hayden Panettiere
Ken and Rosa (2001)
As: Himself
Documentary about Ken Loach and Rosa Ayala, a janitor who worked as an extra in the picture 'Bread and Roses'
Runtime: 52 min.
Directed by: Henrique Goldman
Stars: Adrien Brody | Pilar Padilla | Ken Loach | Rosa Ayala | Paul Laverty
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
As: Kyle Morris
Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last assignment, in war-torn Yugoslavia, in 1991, at the height of the fighting. Word comes back that he apparently died in a building collapse, but his ...
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Élie Chouraqui
Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Elias Koteas | Adrien Brody | Andie MacDowell | David Strathairn
Bread and Roses (2000)
As: Sam Shapiro
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Ken Loach
Stars: Jack McGee | Adrien Brody | Frankie Davila | Pilar Padilla | Monica Rivas
Liberty Heights (1999)
As: Van Kurtzman
Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Adrien Brody | Joe Mantegna | Orlando Jones | Bebe Neuwirth | Ben Foster
Oxygen (1999)
As: Harry
A masochistic cop, who hides her predilection from her cop husband, gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Richard Shepard
Stars: Laila Robins | Adrien Brody | James Naughton | Terry Kinney | Maura Tierney
Summer of Sam (1999)
As: Richie
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Runtime: 142 min.
Directed by: Spike Lee
Stars: Mira Sorvino | Adrien Brody | John Leguizamo | Michael Rispoli | Jennifer Esposito
Six Ways to Sunday (1999)
As: Arnie Finklestein
Norman Reedus stars as Harry Odum, a henpecked, 18-year-old momma's boy in Youngstown, Ohio, who -- with his violent temper -- impresses a local boss of the Jewish Mafia. Soon he's found his calling as a hit man alongside his crack addict partner Arnie Finklestein (Adrien Brody), and he discovers that his rage and complicated psychosis fuel his murderous abilities. Harry also falls for the organization's ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Adam Bernstein
Stars: Norman Reedus | Adrien Brody | Holter Graham | Paul D'Amato | Debbie Harry
The Thin Red Line (1998)
As: Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ...
Runtime: 170 min.
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Stars: Jim Caviezel | Ben Chaplin | George Clooney | Adrien Brody | Sean Penn
Restaurant (1998)
As: Chris Calloway
A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Eric Bross
Stars: Elise Neal | Adrien Brody | Simon Baker | David Moscow | Catherine Kellner
The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
As: Ben
Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and and philandering around town. However, he has visions of a happy life with kids and a white picket fence. When his girlfried, Joan, tries to kill herself he gets scared and runs away. But when Joan reappears will he take the chance at that happiness, or will he turn his back on it?
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Stephen T. Kay
Stars: Claire Forlani | Keanu Reeves | Adrien Brody | Thomas Jane | Gretchen Mol
The Undertaker's Wedding (1997)
As: Mario Bellini
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: John Bradshaw
Stars: Adrien Brody | Jeff Wincott | Burt Young | Holly Gagnier | Kari Wuhrer
Solo (1996)
As: Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer
An android fighting-machine (Mario Van Peebles) is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom and protect their village. Contrary to his programming, Peebles decides to stay and assist the rebels in their plight. Having gained this information, his "creators" develop a more powerful android to try and defeat him.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Norberto Barba
Stars: William Sadler | Mario Van Peebles | Barry Corbin | Jaime Osorio Gómez | Demián Bichir
Bullet (1996)
As: Ruby Stein
A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Julien Temple
Stars: John Enos III | Frank Senger | Mickey Rourke | Adrien Brody | Tupac Amaru Shakur
Ten Benny (1995)
As: Ray Diglovanni
The story of a young shoe salesman whose overestimation of his own sharpness leads to gambling debts, pissed-off loan sharks, and overall misery.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Eric Bross
Stars: Adrien Brody
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
As: Danny Hemmerling
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: William Dear
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Brenda Fricker | Danny Glover | Christopher Lloyd | Tony Danza
King of the Hill (1993)
As: Lester
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Jesse Bradford | Karen Allen | Jeroen Krabbé | Spalding Gray | Lisa Eichhorn
The Boy Who Cried Bitch (1991)
As: Eddie
Divorced rich bitch Candice Love has three sons at boarding school. The eldest, 12 year-old Dan, is totally unmanageable and aggressive, a bad influence on his brothers. When attempts to `socialise’ him fail, his mother takes him back home, where he gradually progresses into psychosis.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Juan José Campanella
Stars: Jesse Bradford | Karen Young | Gene Canfield | Harley Cross | J. D. Daniels
Home at Last (1988)
As: Billy
Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska and is taken in by a Swedish farm family, the Andersons. Initially fearful and resentful, Billy doesn’t fit in, and he clashes with his new family and adoptive father (Frank Converse). Not until a terrible crisis occurs does Billy realize that, for the first time in his life, he truly belongs and is Home At Last.
Runtime: 58 min.
Directed by: David Devries
Stars: Adrien Brody | Frank Converse | Caroline Lagerfelt | Joel Savani
The French Dispatch ()
A love letter to journalists set at an outpost of an American newspaper in post-war 20th-century Paris that centers on three storylines.
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Stars: Léa Seydoux | Bill Murray | Tilda Swinton | Frances McDormand | Timothée Chalamet